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Deuter is a German New Age instrumentalist and recording artist known for his meditative style that blends Eastern and Western musical styles.

Born Georg Deuter in 1945 in post war Germany in the town of Falkenhagen, he taught himself the guitar, the flute, harmonica and "just about every instrument I could get my hands on," though it wasn’t until after a near-fatal car crash in his early twenties that he decided to pursue a career in music. His first release in 1970, entitled “D,” is widely acknowledged as a Krautrock classic. “D” marked the beginning of Deuter’s spiritual and musical journey, ostensibly paving the way for a new genre of music known as “New Age,” which combined acoustic and electronic elements with ethnic instrumentation and nature sounds, such as whale and bird song, the open sea, wind in the trees, et cetera.

During the Seventies and Eighties, Deuter traveled extensively in Asia in search of spiritual and creative inspiration, settling for long periods of time in Pune, India, where he took on the spiritual name Chaitanya Hari and became a sannyasin or student of the controversial spiritual teacher Bhagwan, who later changed his name into Osho.

In the early nineties, Deuter ended his long standing relationship with Kuckuck, the small record label that had released nearly 20 original Deuter albums in as many years, and relocated to Santa Fe, New Mexico where he signed a deal with New Earth Records, an independent label founded by fellow sannyasin Bhikkhu Schober and Waduda Paradiso. This proved to be a lucrative move for all involved, as Deuter's New Earth Records releases, the majority of them intended to accompany various healing and spiritual practices such as Reiki, massage and meditation or, in the case of Earth Blue (2003), a collaboration with the Autostadt Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, have sold well over half a million copies.

Deuter continues to learn and master an ever-expanding array of instruments, including the drums, the shakuhachi flute, the koto, sitar, Tibetan singing bowls, santoor, bouzouki, piano and keyboard. He’s recorded and released over 60 albums and claims to have sold more than he can count during the course of his career.

• 1970 D
• 1978 Haleakala
• 1978 Land of Enchantment
• 1979 Ecstasy
• 1980 Osho Nadabrahma Meditation
• 1981 Silence Is the Answer
• 1982 Cicada
• 1984 Nirvana Road
• 1987 San
• 1989 Aum
• 1989 Basho's Pond: Devotion Flute Music From The World Of Osho
• 1989 Celebration
• 1992 Henon
• 1993 Call of the Unknown: Selected Pieces 1972-1986 [#2]
• 1995 Wind and Mountain
• 1995 Terra Magica - Planet of Light
• 1996 Osho Kundalini Meditation
• 1997 Osho Dynamic Meditation
• 1998 Nada Himalaya
• 1999 Reiki - Hands of Light
• 2000 Garden of the Gods
• 2000 Sun Spirit
• 2001 Buddha Nature
• 2002 Like the Wind in the Trees
• 2003 Sea & Silence
• 2003 Osho Mandala Meditation
• 2003 Osho Whirling Meditation
• 2003 Osho Gourishankar Meditation
• 2004 Earth Blue
• 2005 Tibet: Nada Himalaya, Vol. 2
• 2005 East of the Full Moon
• 2007 Koyasan

• [1] Deuter page at Artist Direct, includes selected discography, bio, and links
• [2] Deuter links and discography at Google Music
• [3] Celestial Harmonies biography of Deuter and Deuter discography at Blacksun.com